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Sunrise-inspired sounds feat. Ry X

Ultimate CalmÓlafur Arnalds: Series 1
Episode 6 of 13

Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds guides us on another musical journey into calm with soothing sunrise-inspired sounds, plus a safe haven from Ry X.

Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds guides us on another hour-long musical journey into calm.

This week, Ólafur takes inspiration from one his favourite times of day - dawn. He shares music that captures the beauty of sunrises in sound from Kara-Lis Coverdale, Arvo Pärt and Dustin O’Halloran, and reflects on how dawn seems to be the time that most of his ideas come to him.

Plus the Australian singer and songwriter Ry X transports us to his safe haven, the place he feels most calm, with the soothing sounds of the waves on the coast of California where he lives.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds

10 months left to listen

59 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Nov 202521:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • RY X

    Dawn

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Sundoor

  • Sarah Davachi

    Gradual Of Image

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Spiral

  • Koki Nakano

    Port De Bras

  • Lisa Morgenstern

    Deflowering

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel Im Spiegel

    Performer: La Pietà. Performer: Angèle Dubeau.

  • RY X

    Trouble

  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

    Milk

  • Jon Hopkins

    Dawn Chorus

  • Tom Ashbrook

    Klass

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Fireflight

  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise Through The Dusty Nebula

  • Windy & Carl

    Sunrise

  • Jon Brion

    Phone Call

Broadcasts

  • Mon 14 Nov 202221:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 31 Dec 202202:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Thu 24 Aug 202323:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 23 Nov 202421:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 7 Jan 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 15 Feb 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 10 May 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 5 Jul 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 16 Aug 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 20 Sep 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 15 Nov 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind